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Dear George Eustice
The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low prices is forgotten.
What is the true cost of cheap food? Is it the Quality? The environment? Animal welfare? Workers rights? The risk of disruption to supply from conflict or pandemic?
The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low prices is forgotten.
What is the true cost of cheap food? Is it the Quality? The environment? Animal welfare? Workers rights? The risk of disruption to supply from conflict or pandemic?
When will gov look beyond this parliament and instead of focusing on quick crowd pleasers adopt a sustainable food security model fit for consumers, producers and the environment.
This gov has shown that it has no interest in food security and seems oblivious to the risks of outsourcing our food production.
Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
🧵 on why you should be worried about Cummings ordering MPs to betray YOU by breaking Govt's manifesto pledge to uphold or even enhance our food, #AnimalWelfare & #Environment standards —plus why MPs should listen to you and vote for the Lords Amdts to the #AgricultureBill🚜: 
Let's look at the numbers:
92% of the British Public want current farm animal welfare standards to be maintained in trade negotiations with the US and other countries.
(YouGov for #WWF, Oct 2020)
#SaveOurStandards
92% of the British Public want current farm animal welfare standards to be maintained in trade negotiations with the US and other countries.
(YouGov for #WWF, Oct 2020)
#SaveOurStandards
78% of the British Public think that our animal welfare standards are high.
So why would we want to lower them?
(YouGov 28Sep2020)
#SaveOurStandards
So why would we want to lower them?
(YouGov 28Sep2020)
#SaveOurStandards
